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Ethel Waters

"Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me."

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"Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me."

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"I was raised in Boston by three older brothers and a very strong and empowering single mom."

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"If I could get any animal it would be a dolphin. I want one so bad. Me and my mom went swimming with dolphins and I was like, 'How do we get one of those?' and she was like, 'You can't get a dolphin. What are you gonna do, like, put it in your pool?'"

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"I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect."

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Amber Hurdle

"For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values."

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"I don't want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's."

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"There is nothing worse that a thirteen-year-old boy. You're embarrassed by your parents, and you're trying to find your independance because, deep inside, you are so dependent on your mom."

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Amber Hurdle

"That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'"

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Amber Hurdle

"Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom."

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